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Home Fries (PG-13) 7:20 (ends Th 2/4)
The Siege (R) 9:30 (ends Th 2/4)
The Water boy iPG 13' ? OC. -.10 $a 2/6 Sv 2'7 on)>) 7 20 9 30 (nightly starting f 2/5)
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Sweet Bud Of Youth (R) 7:00 (Th. 2/4)
BEECHWOOD 546 1011)
At First Sight (PG-13) 1 45. 4 25. 9 35 (ne* times F 2 5 4:00 9:00,i
A Bug s Life (G; 2 00. 7 00
Gloria (R; 9:00 (ends th 2/4)
Patch Adams (PG 13) 2:10. 4:50. 7:00. 9:15
■Payback (R) 2:10, 4:45. 7:20 9.50 (starts F 2/5;
The Prince Of Egypt 'PC; 2 05. 5:15 7 10 (ne« times F 2/5: 2 05. 4:15. MO. 9 20)
Shakespeare In Love (R) 1:50. 4:25. 7:00. 9:35 (starts F. 2/5)
A Simple Plan (R) 1:55. 4:30. 7:05. 9:40
Stepmom (PG 13) 1:45. 4 20. 7:05. 9:45
The Thin Red Line (R) 1:30. 4 50. 8 10
Waking Ned Devine (PC) 2:00. 7:15. 9 20 ine# times F 2/5 2 25. 4 25. 7 30. 9 30)
You've Got Mail (PG-13) 2:20. 4:40. 7:10. 9:30
COMMERCE DRIVE-IN (336 2486)
All shores 8.00 p.m.
Stepmom (PG-13) Screen 1
The Faculty (R) Screen 2
Virus (R) Screen 3
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (642-466?)
Angi Vera (NR) 7:30 (W. 2/3)
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL - Inside (543-163?)
A Chnl Action (PC 13) 205. 4:25. 7 05. 9 30 (nc* times F 2/5 2 15. 4:35. 7:10. 9 30)
The Faculty (R) 4:35. 9:35 (ends Th. 2/4)
Gloria (R) 2:10, 7:10 (ends Th. 2/4)
In Dreams (R) 2:15. 4:20. 7:15. 9:20 (new tunes F. 2/5: 4:40. 9:35)
Patch Adams (PG 13) 2:05. 4:30. 7:00. 9:25
Saving Private Ryan (R) 2:00, 5:15. 8:35 (starts F. 2/5)
Stepmom (R) 2:10. 7:05 (starts F. 2/5)
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL - Outside (548-9460)
The Ghost Of Dickens Past (G) 2:35. 4:30. 7:20. 9:70 (starts F. 2/5)
Payback (R) 2:30, 4:40. 7 00. 9:15 (starts F. 2/5)
She's All That (PG 13 ) 2 00. 4 10. 7 00. 9 20 (new tunes f 2/5: 2 50. 4:50. 7:10. 9:20)
Simply Irresistible (PG-13) 2:40. 4:40, 7:10. 9:10 (starts F. 2/5)
Stepmom (PG 13) 2:00. 4:30. 7:00. 9:30 (ends Th 2/4)
Varsity Blues (R) 2:05. 4:15. 7:05. 9:10 (new t-mes F. 2/5: 2:30. 4:35. 7:05. 9:10)
Virus (R) 2:10. 4:20. 7:10. 9 15 (ends Th. 2/4)
The Waterboy (PG 13) 2:15. 4:10. 7:10. 9 00 (ends Th 2/4)
GEORGIA THEATRE 549-9918)
Rush Hour (R) 7:00. 10:00 (M 7/8)
Huriyburly (R) 7:00. 10 00 (Tu 2/9)
TATE CENTER (S4-UNI0N)
Forbidden Planet (NR) 3 00. 5:15. 7:30. 9:45 (W. 2/3)
The Hudsucker Proay (PG) 3 00. 5:15. 7:30 9:45 (Th. 2/4)
Pteasantville (FG-13) 3:00, 5:15. 7:30. 9 45 (F. 2/5. Sa 2/6)
Hairspray (PG) Midnight (F. 2/5. Sa 2/6)
Beijing Bastards fNR) 3:00. 5:15. 7:30. 9:45 (Su. 2/7. M 2/8)
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Angi Vera (NR) 1979 GMOA
describes this Pal Gabor film as an
"ambivalent and sophisticated work
that recounts a young woman's political
and sexual awakening in th** newiy-
commumzed Hungary c! 1948 '
Hungarian with English subtitles
(Georgia Museum Ot Art)
At First Sight ;PG-13) A warn
hearted romantic drama based on a true
story from director Irwin Winkler A
blind massage tnerapisl (Va* Kilmer)
falls m love with a lovely New Yorker
iMua Sorvino). be! the relationship is
challenged when fie undergoes a suc
cessful operation and regains his sight
By re-learnmg how lo see he almost
loses sight ol whai he has — a theme
as corny as il sounds This would work
pelter il the story dealt more directly
witti its amazing subject and less with
romantic and (amity relationships It's a
semi-successful ellort, nonetheless
Look tor strong performances from
Nathan Lane. Kelly McGillts and Steven
Weber (Beechwood)
Beijing Bastards (NR) Portraying the
underground youth culture ol rockers
and artists in Beging. the makers ol this
film risked imprisonment by the
Chinese government in filming this
documentary [ml| (Tate)
A Bug's Lite (G) A young ant assem
bles a team of bugs from a arcus in the
city lo defend his colony trom
grasshoppers Great animation, solid
voice-overs and well-written jokes One
ol this year s best (Beechwood)
A Civil Action (PG-13) John Travolta
and Robert Duvall star in (his sturdy
courtroom drama horn director Sleven
Zillian Eight families m rural
Massachusetts challenge two big corpo
rations in court tor polluting their
drinking water Travolta plays the hot-
shot personal-injury lawyer who slowly
warms to the case, eventually risking his
career and the careers of his partners
This is a well-made him that lacks an
emotional and ethical core viewers may
have trouble accepting that Travolta's
character ever undergoes much ot a
transformation at all The massive cast
includes William H Macy. Tony
Shathouh. Zel|ko Ivanek, John Lithgow.
Kathleen Quinlan. Dan Hedaya and
Stephen Fry Worth a look (Mall Inside)
The Faculty (R) Eliiah Wood, Jon
Stewart. Clea DuVall Josh Hartnett,
f amku Jar mseo and Salma Hayek star in
th*s laughable Invasion Ol The Body
Snatchers rip-oil set in a shabby high
school lull ot maddening '90s stereo
types (Mai! Inside. Commerce Drive-In;
Forbidden Planet (NR) This 1958
sci-fi drama advenlure lakes its cues
trom Shakespeares The Tempest and
the psycho-theories of Sigmund Freud
in his pre-goolbail years. Leslie Nielsen
checks out a space colony populated
only by a mad scientist, his lovely
daughter, and a wacky robot (ml) (Tate)
The Ghost Of Dickens Past (G) A
family film that traces Charles Dickens'
early childhood Isn't it a little late lor
holiday movies 9 Opens Friday (Mall
Outside)
Gloria (R) Director Sidney Lumet's
visually impressive and goofy remake ol
John Cassavetes' 1980 Mm. originally
starring Gena Rowlands In this version.
Sharon Stone stars as a New Yorker who
returns home from three years in prison
in Florida atter taking a rap tor her
s'eazebag hoodlum boyfriend (Jeremy
Northam) Upon arrival, she confronts
her old crime pals but suddenly finds
herself stuck with a 7-year-old Puerto
Rican kid (Jean-Luke Figueroa) recently
orphaned by the thugs It's disiomted
and unfocused, but strangely walchable
With George C Scott and Cathy
Mortarty (Beecnwood, Mall Inside)
Hairspray (PG) This 1988 movie
moved trash masler John Waters (Pink
Flamingos. Pecker) into toe mainstream
and launched the career ol the lovely
Ricki Lake It's set in early 60s and Lake
is an overweight wannabe TV oancer
who gets her chance at the spotlight
Full ot fabulous cameos by the likes of
Sonny Bono. Debbie Harry, Divine.
Jerry Stiller. Pia Zadora. and Rik
Ocasek [ml) (Tate)
Home Fries (PG-13) Drew Barrymore.
Jake Busey and Luke Wilson star in this
annoying romantic comedy about a
pregnant last-food worker who tails lor
her would-be-assassm (Aips)
The Hudsucker Proxy (PG) This
tittle-known and under-appreciated
Coen Brothers (Fargo. Raising Arizona)
titm stars Tim Robbins as the seemingly
dim-witted inventor ot the hula-hoop
who becomes a pawn in the sabotage
plans ol an evil corporate executive
played by Paul Newman [ml) (Tate)
Huriyburly (R) The Ainens premiere' A
drama-comedy trom director Anthony
Dra/an (Imaginary Crimes) about var
ious characters involved in Hollywood's
sleazy underbelly scene Some are
pathetic movie executives and business
types, others are pathetic sfrippers and
runaways The impressive cast includes
Sean Penn. Kevin Spacey. Meg Ryan.
Robin Wright Penn. Gary Shandlmg and
Anna Paqum (Georgia Theatre)
In Dreams (R) No one is spared in
this brutal psycho thriller A clairvoyant
(Annette Bemng) is psychically con
nected lo a killer through her dreams
She can predict his future murders by
her nightmares — they're his memo
ries Despite the rather pat plot, this
film works Look lor Stephen Rea's
standout turn as Claire's psychologist,
and stick it out through the sometimes
uneven and silly beginning; it gets
really good when Claire starts going
wacko herself Directed by Neil Jordan
[mjh) (Mall Inside)
Patch Adams (PG-13) Robm Williams
plays medical student Hunter "Patch"
Adams, who tries his best to put a little
laughter and human contact into the art
ol medicine A perled Williams vehicle
— a tact that may drive some movie
goers away Co-starring Monica Potter,
Daniel London and Philip Seymour
Hoffman (Beechwood, Mall inside)
Payback (R) A high-action crime Hick
based on the novel The Hunter by
Richard Stark Mel Gibson stars as the
thug looking lor his cut ol the cash atter
getting stabbed m the back by his
partner (Gregg Henry) Expect some
extreme violence and amusing banter
between shady characters played by the
likes ol David Payrner. Deborah Kara
Unger. Maria Bello. Kris Kristoflerson,
and William DeVane Opens Friday
(Beechwood. Matt Outside)
Pteasantville (PG-13) Toby Maguire
plays a TV |unkie and Reese
Witherspoon plays his stuffy older sister
Thanks to that wacky Don Knotts they're
magically transferred into the perfect
world ol a 1950s television sitcom
When the black and white, squeaky
clean inhabitants ol Pteasantville start to
experience a loss ol innocence intro
duced by their ^ invaders, colors pop
out all over the place Great perfor
mances by Joan Allen. J.T. Walsh and
Jett Daniels [mil (Tale)
Prince Of Egypt (PG) Moses (Vai
Kilmer') leads his people trom slavery
in Egypt to the Promised Land in this
animated DreamWorks feature The
parting ot the Red Sea and the Exodus
look impressive on the big screen, but
the tone and teel ot the film is so
churchy it's distracting Featuring the
voices ot Kilmer. Ralph Fiennes, and
Michelle Pfeiffer (Beechwood)
Rush Hour (R) Jackie Chan and Chris
Tucker star as a mis-matched cop team
in Los Angeles A great comedy to see
in this venue (tip your bartenders).
(Georgia Theatre)
Saving Private Ryan (R) Tom Httiks
stars as an Army captain in director
Steven Spielberg's stirring and graphic
WWtl drama set on the beache’s ol
Normandy and in the woods ol German-
occupied France This is probably being
re-released in anticipation of the
upcoming Oscar season Opens Friday.
(Mall Inside)
She's Ail That (PG-13) See Movie
Pick (Mall Outside).
Shakespeare In Love (R) Finally'
The critically-acclaimed (possibly
Oscar-bound) romantic-comedy hits
Athens at last. Gwyneth Paltrow. Joseph
Fiennes and Geoffrey Rush star in this
period film about the great bard, his
writer's block and his work-in-progress
— "Romeo And Juliet ’ Directed by
John Madden (Mrs Brown) Opens
Friday (Beechwood)
The Siege (R) A lengthy action-drama
trom director Edward Zwick (Glory.
Courage Under Fire). A hot-tempered
FBI agent (Denzel Washington) and his
partner (Tony Shalhoub) lead a des
perate hunt lor independent cells ot
Arab terrorists in Brooklyn.
Untortunately. a CIA agent (Annette
Bemng) who may or may not be roman
tically involved with one ol the bad
guys, tags along while an cut-ol-conlrol
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